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Two-Level Optical Encryption for Secure Optical Communication

Yetian Huang, Haoshuo Chen, Hanzi Huang, Qianwu Zhang, Zhengxuan Li, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Roland R. Ryf, Min Wang

Published Jan 1, 2020• 3 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate 60 Gbit/s transmission over 43-km SMF using low-coherence matched detection combined with spectral phase coding as two-layer optical encryption. Encrypted signal and carrier are multiplexed through polarization diversity and demulti-plexed using polarization tracking.
DOI
10.1364/ofc.2020.m4a.2

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